CONTENTS OF VOL. LV INEFFECTUAL PREFERENCES. By Sir Robert Giffen PAGE THE LARGER BASIS OF COLONIAL PREFERENCE. "By Benjamin St. Asaph HOW LONG WILL THE EDUCATION ACT LAST? By D. C. Lathbury SOME NOTES AS TO LONDON THEATRES PAST AND PRESENT. By the LENDING LIBRARIES AND CHEAP BOOKS. By Princess Kropotkin THE NEW DISCOVERIES IN ELECTRICITY. By Antonia Zimmern . A KNIGHT OF THE SANGREAL. By Ernest Rhys LIFE IN TIERRA DEL FUEGO. By W. S. Barclay THE INCREASE OF FISH-DESTROYINGg Birds and SeaLS. By R. B. Marston THE HOME OFFICE SCHEME FOR PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS.' By Sir THE CURSE OF CORSETS. By Dr. Arabella Kenealy JADE. By Herbert A. Giles A WHITE AUSTRALIA: WHAT IT MEANS. By Oswald P. Law and W. T. Gill 155, 336, 509, 685, 863, 1035 173 JAPANESE RELATIONS WITH KOREA. By Joseph H. Longford PRIMARY EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA. By the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop THE UNITY OF THE EMPIRE. By the Right Hon. Lord Thring SIR GEORGE COLLEY IN SOUTH AFRICA: MR. MORLEY'S CHAPTER ON MAJUBA. By Mrs. Beaumont THE FRANCISCAN LEGENDS IN ITALIAN ART. By Emma Gurney Salter · THE SNAKE-DANCERS OF MISHONGNOVI. By R. B. Townshend INDIA AND TARIFF REFORM. By Sir Edward Sassoon THE RECOGNITION OF THE DRAMA BY THE STATE. By Henry Arthur WHAT IS A UNIVERSITY? By Walter Frewen Lord THE FLIGHT OF THE EARLS. By Philip Wilson THE WAR OFFICE REVOLUTION AND ITS LIMITS. By Sidney Low THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN. By George Harvey COMING CONTINENTAL COMPLICATIONS. By Demetrius C. Boulger PAC 40 IN CHINESE DREAMLAND. By Herbert A. Giles ESCHYLUS AND SHAKESPEARE. By the Rev. R. S. De Courcy Laffan NAVAL EXPENDITURE AND NAVAL STRENGTH. By Edmund Robertson UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN IRELAND. By Sir Rowland Blennerhassett THE HISTORY OF PORT ARTHUR. By Joseph H. Longford THE GEISHA: A FAITHFUL STUDY. By Reginald J. Farrer A VISIT TO HAWARDEN. By the Lady Ribblesdale HOLY WEEK AT JERUSALEM IN THE FOURTH CENTURY. By Mrs. McClure THE PLACE OF WHISTLER. By Frederick Wedmore RUSSIA'S CHARGE AGAINST JAPAN. By Major-General Sir Frederick AN IMPERIAL MARITIME COUNCIL. By Sir George Sydenham Clarke THE BLACK PERIL IN SOUTH AFRICA. By Roderick Jones ANTI-CLERICALISM IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND. By Sir George Arthur DR. MACLAGAN AND HIS GREAT WORK. By Sir William Broadbent THE STATE AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. By Sir Michael Foster AGAINST A SUBSIDISED OPERA. By Hugh Arthur Scott LORD ACTON'S LETTERS. By the Right Hon. Sir Mountstuart Bird Life at BinGHAM'S MELCOMBE. By R. Bosworth Smith THE CHURCH IN THE COLONIES. By the Right Rev. Bishop Welldon THE STATE REGISTRATION OF NURSES.' By Eva C. E. Lückes THE ARMY AND the Esher ScheME. By Lieut.-Colonel Alsager Pollock THE COBDEN CENTENARY AND MODERN LIBERALISM. By Herbert Samuel ENGLAND AND FRANCE. By Sir Rowland Blennerhassett. THE WHITE MAN'S PLACE IN AFRICA. By Sir Harry H. Johnston FRANZ VON LENBACH. By Anita MacMahon HOW THEY TRAIN ACTORS IN PARIS. By Richard Whiteing ENGLISH HORSE-breeding and ARMY REMOUNTS. By Sir Walter Gilbey (1) By the Marchioness of Londonderry. (2) By Miss Isla Stewart THE KINGSLEY NOVELS. By Walter Frewen Lord 1 In an article last July, when the fiscal discussion was in its infancy and Mr. Chamberlain's proposals had not been definitely formulated, I pointed out how little difference even a 58. per quarter duty on foreign wheat imported into this country, and similar preferences on other articles of agricultural produce, would make to the Colonies, and how little difference in return would result to the United Kingdom from any preferences in their markets which the Colonies could give. Apart from all questions of principle, the proposals before the country, it seems to me, should be considered from this point of view. What is the use of endlessly discussing theories of free trade and protection when no material advantage can result to anybody from the special proposals put forward, even if protectionist principles are fully admitted? I propose, therefore, to resume the discussion with reference to the preferences we are to give to the Colonies, and the advantages promised us in the shape of the extended colonial cultivation of wheat and other articles, and the final result of making the Empire self-sustaining in the matter of its food supplies. If the preferences will not conduce to these ends, and the final result is unattainable in any near future, if at all, why continue a discussion VOL. LV-No. 323 B |